The Shipping News447 reviews Scribner, 2007 Good News + Sequel please + Perfect + Wonderful Writing             Breakpoint55 reviews Putnam, 2007 Former Counterintelligence Expert Under Clinton Writes a Near-futuristic Novel + Read for the ideas, not the plot "Breakpoint" by Richard Clarke--although I generally don't read fiction other than classically good stuff, and ordered it by accident--"Breakipoint" is an excellently written novel with timely considerations. Exactly in line with my own thinking (and in Jimmy Carter's recent book), Clarke has the ...             White Teeth353 reviews Knopf Group E-Books, 2003 A difficult read, but at times engaging I almost dropped this book half way through, but forced myself to go on and found that the second half was much better. It is at times engaging and witty, but at other times difficult to follow and even depressing in the description of some of the shabby lives of these people. I did not like the ...             Anna Karenina238 reviews Bantam Classics, 2006 both timeless and of its era + Sometimes it's great to be a putz ... + I really like this book, but... + Anna's tale + Please enter a title for your review             The Hours: A Novel533 reviews Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998 All in a Day + Beautifully Written and a Joy to Read + More than it's given credit for + an intriguing, multi-layered saga that Mrs Woolf would enjoy             Neuromancer452 reviews Ace, 2007 Still Good After All These Years + If Only Gibson Had Continued With This Story... + Lives up to the hype I first read Gibson's "Neuromancer" when it first came out (about 24 years ago) and really enjoyed it. I just finished reading it again, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it's weathered the intervening decades very well. This book created a genre by envisioning a wired world when, at the ...             The Shadow of the Wind512 reviews Penguin, 2007 simply the best + Fantastic read! + A Must Read + Truly great storytelling + Utterly Amazing Book!             Known World, The295 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2003 Gorgeous + Riveting! You'll never forget it. + Gripping + Difficult to read but well worth it             Cryptonomicon834 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2003 Nerds of the world, rejoice! Stephenson pens a zinger + Fantastic. Stephenson's best. + Count me as a fan + NOT WAR AND PEACE BUT...... + Cryptonomicon             The Blind Assassin: A Novel375 reviews Anchor, 2007 Atwood Astounds Me + "Blind but sure-footed, we step forward as if into a remembered dance." + Absolutely loved it! + Great read + One of Atwood's best             Pretty Birds: A Novel23 reviews Random House, 2005 I wouldn't change a word! + A difficult story to read, but well worth it + Pretty Birds + Riveting story that unravels a bit at the end             Ghostwritten76 reviews Vintage, 2007 Brilliant First Novel + So good I read it twice back-to-back + A Strange, Novel, 'Ghostly' Experience of a Book This book is overpowering - almost unendingly brilliant, exciting, interesting and frequently hilariously funny. It's very addictive - I couldn't put it down. For a first novel, you can see the seeds of the genius which are fully realized later in "Cloud Atlas", a work of the first order. ...             A Thousand Splendid Suns1307 reviews Riverhead, 2007 Enthralling... + Very touching + Very good BOOK + Excellent Story             Altered Carbon208 reviews Ballantine Books, 2003 Spectacularly good SF + Impressive first novel + Sci fi noir at its best + futuristic Chandler             Cryptonomicon834 reviews HarperCollins e-books, 2003 Nerds of the world, rejoice! Stephenson pens a zinger + Fantastic. Stephenson's best. + Count me as a fan + NOT WAR AND PEACE BUT...... + Cryptonomicon             Altered Carbon208 reviews Ballantine Books, 2003 Spectacularly good SF + Impressive first novel + Sci fi noir at its best + futuristic Chandler             The Hours: A Novel533 reviews Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998 All in a Day + Beautifully Written and a Joy to Read + More than it's given credit for + an intriguing, multi-layered saga that Mrs Woolf would enjoy             The Shipping News447 reviews Scribner, 2007 Good News + Sequel please + Perfect + Wonderful Writing             The Shadow of the Wind512 reviews Penguin, 2007 simply the best + Fantastic read! + A Must Read + Truly great storytelling + Utterly Amazing Book!             Ghostwritten76 reviews Vintage, 2007 Brilliant First Novel + So good I read it twice back-to-back + A Strange, Novel, 'Ghostly' Experience of a Book This book is overpowering - almost unendingly brilliant, exciting, interesting and frequently hilariously funny. It's very addictive - I couldn't put it down. For a first novel, you can see the seeds of the genius which are fully realized later in "Cloud Atlas", a work of the first order. ...